In this week’s podcast: English as an official language, sub-standard immigrant detention centres, Knutby murder trial resurfaces, reader’s predictions for 2026, and young Sweden Democrats target Islam.
In this week’s episode we talk about Sweden’s immigrant deportation centres and why reports of miserable conditions there should concern everyone in Sweden.
We also discuss the two-decades old murder in a religious sect of a pastor’s wife in a case that gripped Sweden for months at the time.
With 2026 nearly upon us, we hear some of The Local’s readers’ predictions for what next will bring.
Finally, a Sweden Democrat youth leader argued at the weekend that Islam has no place in Sweden. Is this kind of extreme comment a harbinger of what’s to come if the far-right party gets its first ever ministerial appointments after next year’s election?
Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by regular panelists Richard Orange and James Savage.
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Black Friday sale
Here’s the Black Friday deal mentioned in the introduction.
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And here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:
Detained in Sweden
Knutby
Sweden in 2026
Sweden Democrats
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